"Rags." Strips of sweet pastry batter tied in loose knots, fried to a crackly pale gold in olive oil and dusted with icing sugar. There are served during Carneval prior to Lent. In Lazio they are piled into pyramids.

A dish from Liguria of polenta served with pork, vegetables and mortadella sausage.

Small soup dumplings from the Marche.

A popular DOC white wine from Lazio made with Greco, Malvasia di Candia, Malvasia del Lazio and Trebbiano grapes. Can be found as a sweet wine but is generally dry.

Brothers

Offal, edible internal organs, such as kidneys, liver, heart, feet, etc. Giblets of poultry.

Small Sicilian fried ravioli with a filling of ricotta cheese.

A well-known wine estate of Oltrepo Pavese.

Cold

Dumplings from Liguria made with pasta.